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Updated 1/9/2025

Family Littorinidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Littoraria pintado

Kaupo, Oahu

 

Mokuleia, Oahu

Diamond Head, Oahu

Portlock, Oahu

DOTTED PERIWINKLE   PIPIPI KŌLEA

Abundant in clusters on rock in the spray zone above nerites.  Shell dull blue gray with fine spirals of brown dots.  Attains 0.7 inch, 18 mm.  South Africa to Japan, Fiji, and Hawaii.  Formerly known as Littorina pintado.